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Over 126 million Americans and counting have been fully vaccinated, and the CDC says fully vaccinated people can travel in the US at low risk. So with summer around the corner, many Americans are exercising their pent-up vacation demands.
AAA is projecting that travel during Memorial Day weekend the official kick-off to the summer season will soar 60% over 2020. And according to TripIt, 97% of their users plan to take a vacation in 2021, with over half planning to fly domestically by June.
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For Seventh Year In A Row, Allianz Partners Recognized For Exceptional Customer Service At The 2021 American Business Awards®
Allianz Partners Adds Two Stevie® Awards for Exceptional Customer Service, Tallying up a Total of 25 Awards
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RICHMOND, Va., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Allianz Partners, a travel insurance and assistance company, was honored with two Stevie® Awards for exceptional customer service at the 19
th Annual American Business Awards®. The company was recognized as a silver Stevie® Award winner for Customer Service Department of the Year and received a bronze Stevie® Award for Customer Service Team of the Year in the Insurance Category. Over the past seven years, Allianz Partners has won 25 American Business Awards and Stevie Awards for customer service excellence.
Allianz Partners Adds Epidemic Coverage To Travel Insurance Products
Allianz Partners, a leading travel insurance and assistance company, is rolling out enhancements to its travel insurance products that may provide coverage to customers who become ill with COVID-19 or a future epidemic, are individually ordered to quarantine, or are denied boarding due to a suspected illness.
This new coverage formalizes and adds to some of the temporary accommodations the company put into place in March 2020 to assist travelers who had been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, the insurer said in a news release.
Specifically, the enhancements add epidemic-related illness as a covered reason to cancel or interrupt a trip, or seek reimbursement for emergency medical care, emergency medical transportation, change fees and loyalty points redeposit fees. The product enhancements also allow insured customers to cancel or interrupt their trip if they or their traveling companion have been individually ord
Allianz Adds âEpidemicâ Coverage to its Travel Insurance Policies
Allianz is making some COVID-19 policies permanent. Photo: Ranta Images/Shutterstock.com.
Allianz Partner on Monday announced that it was adding ‘epidemic’ coverage to its travel insurance offerings.
The news means that travelers who opt to cover their trip with Allianz will be covered if they become ill with COVID-19 or another future epidemic, are individually ordered to quarantine, or are denied boarding due to a suspected illness. It also means that if a traveler is forced to stay at a hotel during a quarantine, they will be covered via their Allianz insurance.